"In Spanish it means too many letters"
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"It is like the number nine"
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"It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving" he
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"Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier"
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"She looked out the window her whole life"
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"At school they say my name is funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth"
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EXTRA: He ran like the wind.
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EXTRA: The truth hit me like a slap in the face.
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She moved like a cat, silent and graceful.
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EXTRA: “He’s got the Midas touch.”
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EXTRA: “He’s a real Judas.”
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EXTRA: “That’s her Waterloo.”
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EXTRA: The trees danced in the breeze.
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